November 2009 Issue

SR-2 El Toro

Mobile radar heads to California for debris flow experiment

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009  ·  Posted in Warning Research News

December 1, NSSL’s mobile radar team will begin to collect data with the Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching Radar (SMART-R) in southern California to help monitor rainstorms that may trigger dangerous debris flows.

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BAMS publishes two NSSL articles

Thursday, November 19th, 2009  ·  Posted in Talks and Articles

The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society published two articles by NSSL in the October, 2009 issue.

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A TIger Cub Scout is about to be shocked!

National Weather Festival attracts 4,500 people

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009  ·  Posted in Outreach News

The 5th Annual National Weather Festival drew 4,500 people last Saturday, November 7 to the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla.

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NSSL's JJ Gourley, received first place in the OAR "Research tools of the trade category for his shot of a lightning strike with a VORTEX2 mobile mesonet in the foreground. JJ took this photo after a squall line passed Enid, OK, on May 15, 2009.

JJ Gourley’s winning photo!

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009  ·  Posted in Photo of the Month

NSSL’s JJ Gourley received first place in the OAR “Research Tools of the Trade” category for his shot of a lightning strike with a VORTEX2 mobile mesonet in the foreground.

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NSSL to host second national symposium on MPAR

Thursday, November 12th, 2009  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

“Moving Forward with Risk Reduction for Cost Effective Service Improvements” is the theme for the second symposium to be hosted by NSSL on the latest developments in Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR).

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